event

/\ɪˈvɛnt\/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#14,670

in French word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

event is aFrenchnoun. It means: Événement. Pronounced \ɪˈvɛnt\. Often confused with ever and every.

Key facts for event
PropertyValue
Headwordevent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɪˈvɛnt\
Letters5
Frequency rank#14,670
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of event in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for event is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɪˈvɛnt\. Corpus data places it at rank #14,670 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Événement.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for event, with forms such as "eevnt", "evennt", and "eventt". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ever", "every", "évident", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is event, spelled E-V-E-N-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Événement.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: eevnt,evennt,eventt,evetn,evnet,evvent,veent

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for event

Misspelling Variants of "event"

eevnt5evennt6eventt6evetn5evnet5evvent6veent5
Misspelling Variants of "event"

Frequency rank: #14,670 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "event"?
"event" is spelled E-V-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ɪˈvɛnt\.
What does "event" mean?
As a noun, "event" means: Événement.
What words are commonly confused with "event"?
"event" is commonly confused with "ever", "every", "évident". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "event"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "event" is \ɪˈvɛnt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "event" come from?
"event" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby French words

Other entries that begin with the letter E in our French index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.